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Surgical Repair of Mitral and Tricuspid Valves After Cardiac Transplantation

Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toyota Kosei Hospital Toyota, Aichi, Japan
¹ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Komaki Municipal Hospital Komaki, Aichi, Japan
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Masaharu Yoshikawa, PhD, Tel: +81 565 43 5000, Fax: +81 565 43 5100, Email: m-yoshikawa{at}toyota.jaaikosei.or.jp, 500-1 Ibobara, Jousui-cho, Toyota, Aichi 470-0396, Japan.

A 43-year-old man underwent mitral valve repair for mitral valve insufficiency due to infective endocarditis, and tricuspid valve repair for iatrogenic chordal rupture due to multiple endomyocardial biopsies after orthotopic cardiac transplantation. Valve repair using no artificial material is feasible, instead of valve replacement, to decrease the risk of recurrent infective endocarditis and enable further biopsies.

Key Words: Biopsy • Endocarditis • Heart Transplantation • Mitral Valve Insufficiency • Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009; 17:294-296
© 2009 by SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/0218492309104766